Lavatory fixture



H. MacMlLLAN LAVATORY FIXTURE Filed oct. 15. 1922 Patented Juny '6,1' 1926.

-HAimY MdMInLAN," or. PHILAD'FLPHIA,` 1PENN,sYrNAnIA.Y y

'LAVATORY FIXTURE.

r My meile@ emes; @im @nine-fn mprevemete in @e Vlwte'ri',. zture.- and Yincreparticularly toga flush tank operating lever for in .Y actuating Vthe u ball control-` lingmout-let `froma tank `lia-ving for yits eprimery .'.elejeet te rpeleide.,en Operating. lever Prejeetile th.r;eugl1 .1.1.e .Well efe benk fulcrumediat asuitble-fpoint intermediate its Y 1egtli e11-diadepted te. .eee-.uam the 1 flush or ball'4 lever slight pressuref-uponthe eter 'nel eithereneeetngilever.. Y 1

Vhe objectsloftheinyentioneleto fulthe ,Operating leversY that they 'may mevef .vertellfn llelfwlnt'eil-1y',y` dlafgellelly, 1.11,'

the are of'A a circle or .flllyelrsally n Further vobjects of my invention Yare to proyide y nipples with a.; Stm-ight' bone; either .rounh o yaloreother ysuitable Shape in cross Section flared Ein one OI'v .two directions or produced; jof two castingslysuitablyconnected as lay-.screws .71. ,4 e.

Still inrthere .objects .ofi 'this invention I are cto 'fulcrum `thep.operatingVv vlevers by 'ineans of a pin passingthrough it under-it', overfit,

on one .or both sides, by means of a. rfi-ng` Within thezniepple either separate yfrom orattached .to the operating levenor `by. ulcr'uiningvsaid lever upon aportion ofthe nipple Eig Lis a verticalvssectional Vie-Wl of1 a `flushYtank;operating lever embodying vmyl invention'j and lslowingzit applied to the Vfront Wallet :a flush` tank.

Fie-"2;sga'rearfend vewthereofremoved from .the tank with l a1 portionV oiV the bal-l lilalse` bracketori hanger 'for the` ball-1 lever.

fication.

Fig. 4, vis a-siinilar yiew of a vslight, inodi# Qeet'ien tekening "the lbellV lever. attachedd ,Fig,5,.'s asimilafviw Oia further modif- Vopelzlnif 9 e communicating .n

y Fig. f6; 'is` another `similar. View off aA VAiu-rther inodifieclfforni. y' ,K y j 'Fie i7; yie `e;freeriflentery.Seeteleel .View Offl the tank` wall .intermediate itsr` front and rear `afa-ces; vlooking 'rea-rwardly to lshow thel position i oit' the lugs on the Vrfnlcruin bracket fleletiv'ete" the .nip-Pleied 1.11 El?clp ,11; fend 2s thewreferenee .nu'meiell 2 retiree.' .nte-the.- Walzl'fet afluehxtenk .han e1e.r itlieeethifeueh :fer the 111e tien et. ,mp-ple t 4the 'fer-Werd Senter endfelf ivliichis expanded.or-.enlarged to yf qrrna flange 5 fet ene'egement with the-Outer. :falce ci the tank: Wall.,v fy The rear `.or inner end. Aof

, this. nippleiLS;.exter11lly;theeededf te reeeve theenntxy for `fastening th e nipple in l.place ple 'is mounted' en. eeeetehee. .8- .when ele- Sileel, endil1 $-eeeefte1een may 4be ,etieereelain. fell ether .Suitable material leaving eli ith: the. bere ..1-.0 of. the nipple and 'inthis` bore yis. ulcr'unied theaei'eeretieglever lifes bi'. e 121111.12 peeeilg through .the-operating -leverv `with .its 5 ends eeeinthe welhetfhe.rmpple.. Ae here Shown ,thelepere-engjlevelfgis 'termed y flemY metal ber 'ef eireuler emes Seeeen havingte enter-A enel 153..-0'set ,freni the inain body1 portion oiv thegleverand. pron,- ieetine" ...Obliquely `4te. the exis. of th main been pe.r tense-id-uter end beine ffhlzeact ed for eenneetion' with. tllef. push; button 10.1" knob. .14, here shown pas,:corn'prisirig-a :metal core .115 surrounded by ay jacketlof vsuit*- l.able lnateiiahsuch as porcelain for instance. Such a fconstruction;provides: for, producing ythe Imajor gportijon lof ,the `-push Ibuttongor knobof heavyf relatively'. inexpensive 'finetal i017 ni-a-terlal andcove'ring or vfacing this vcore .Withalngher grade of ditl'ferentfinuteri'el ornnetal; which may possibly be lighterfin Weight and in some ceses-it is desiredthat l the 4louter endy of fthe;Y operating leverfbe Weighted to v act l21S la.: leounterbalanc'e for i' the ballor flush .leverv and' its Y' component. .parts lo thjeendthntl-.ess pressureorriorce ,will

roo 'f Y be; required vfor. Lactuating the device., In -V .this particular form-oi the invention the opi-V erating leyeryis fnlcrumed.adjacent-the n er end lof f theniipple :with :the inner or :rear

1 end oit :lever :underlying Zand, contacting" with thieglowerfedge ofgfthejball or flushlever 21,7 il'itrmdiate its ends. Theftix'ed for. piv- .Qtfedglendof the ball lever 17 .has ajturn over los portion 18 spacedironi and parallel with the main portion of said lever-.to provide an extended bearing surface for the ball lever' on the pin` 19 which acts as its ,ful- Crum or pivot,"the endsfof said pin being set in the ulcrum plate, bracketor hanger 20, the bent over extension 21 spaced from and parallel with said bracket or hanger the Vsaid extension with a portionV otthe bracket oi'haiigeij alsoforming ahousing for the pivoted end of the ball lever V17. The fulcruin plate, bracket or Vhanger has a hub 22 which is disposed between the nut 6 and Jthe inner face of the flush tank wall. kAs

the bracket-or hanger" must be held inV an angular position or in such a position Vthatithe pivot point of theV ball lever above Yin tanks'o this character are 'generally rec-l tangular or -some non-circular in shape, I

' lprovide a number of positioning orV locking lugs 28 on the bracket or hanger and more particularly the hub thereof Will occupy portions of the hole in the tank Wall'through which the nipplepasses but not lled by said nipple, as for instance the corners of a square hole and these locking ylugs enga-ge the tank Wall surrounding thek hole Will prevent movement of the bracket vor hanger.

From the foregoing description it Will be seen that the nipple with or-Withoutfan e`scutcheon andhaving an operating lever fulcrumed therein maybe readily inserted in the hole through the tank YWall and then the bracket or hanger With the ball lever attached properly positioned and all of the Yparts secured inplace by the screwing ofthe nut 6 on the inner projecting end of the nipple. Where theV outer end'of the operating lever is Weighted as here shovvn the ball lever with its component parts Will be counterbalanced by said Weighted operat ing lever Vso that the only force or pressure necessary to actuate the operating lever will be that which Will overcomeV the pressure of Vthe Water in the tank upon the ball controlling the outlet from said tank, it being understood that such a. ball although not shownis connected by itsV stein With the ball lever the upper end of said stem being iny VVserted in one of the holes 24 at the outer or free end of the ball lever. Y o

In Fig;v 4, I'have shown a bracket or hanger 25 having locking lugs 26 for use in Y the saine inanner as those designated bythe numeral 23 and provided With a turned over Y extension 27 parallel with a portion of the Y bracket and lying close to said portion so as to provide an yextended bearing for. the pivot pin 19 on which is fulcrunied the ball lever 17 having the turned over portion or extension 18 lformed with the maini body portion of the said lever and extended bearing on the pin 1,9 outside or beyond the turned over hanger.

In Fig.

5 is shown a similar bracket28V extension of the bracket kor having locking lugs 29 arranged in the same manner as above set forth but this bracket Y ork hanger has a single VtongueBO on one .side of which is positioned the main body portion of the ball lever 17 Whileits turned A over portion or extension 18 is positioned on the 'opposite side of the tongue` 30 and through these parts is inserted the pivot pin 19,. This illustrates a slightly dierent modeY j of rproducing van extended bearing for the pivot pin and the ball lever only.

Approximately Ithe same arrangement Vparts for the Vsame purposefas vvhen the outer end of the operatingV leveris- Weighted or Vto assist the Weightedl operating lever Vin counterbalancing the other elements.

shown in Fig. 5 is illustrated in Figi 6 With ouY Of coursejI do not Wish toA be limited to the exact detailsof construction as herein shoyvn asrthese may be varied vvithin the limits of the appended claims Without departing fromthe spirit of my invention.

I-Iaving thus fully ldescribed my invention, what Irclaiin Vas new and useful is 1. In a device of the character stated, a ulcrum bracket consisting of a hub having locking lugs thereon,'an armvand a turnedV back portion, said last named portion andv the arm having aligned holes therethrough for the reception of means to support al ball lever. Y A

2. In a device'of the character stated,a ball lever having a turned back portion, said turned back portion having a hole in its ex'- treme free end in alignment with a hole in the body yof the lever, and a Weight mounted Within the loop formed by the turned back portion. Y'

3. In combination With a flush tank hav-` ing a hole in one of the Walls thereof, a nip ple passing through the hole in said tank lill) iioy Wall, means at one end of said nipple to en- Y Vgage one face of, the tank Wall, a fulcrum plate on the inner end `yof said nipple, lugs carried by said plate and: projectingv into the hole in the tank Wall about the nipple to prevent torsional ymovement of said plate, means mounted on vthe inner end of the nipple and engaging the plate to hold the parts in place, a lever journalled on the plate, and a pushlever of considerably less kdiameter thanV the bore of the nipple and adaptedto engage the first named lever, and a pin passing through the lyv'alls of the nipple and the push lever nipple.

lto ulcrum the latter Within said 4. The combination with a tank having a hole in one of its walls, of arnipple having at least onecross Sectional dimensionsubstantially lilling said hole, a fulerum plateV mounted on said nipple'and provided with lugs occupying the spaces within the hole .un- Ioccupied bythe nipple and means on the nipple to hold said nipple and the plate in place on the tank wall.

5. The combinationwith a tank having a hole in one of its walls, of -anipple in said hole andprovided with a vflange to secure said nipple against the outer wall of thev tank, an eseuteheon engaging said flange, an operating `lever' pivoted vwithin the nipple and extending thru the escutcheon, and a handle on` the outer end of the operating lever and covering the hole in said and escutcheon. f

6. In a fiushing device, anipple; a. lever; a pivot supporting said lever for vertical movementwithin said nipple; bearing means 2aL y associated withsaid nipple; a ball leverjour nalled on saidY bearing means and arranged at right angles to said first mentioned lever and coacting therewith, whereby movement of the outer end of saidfirst mentioned lever will actuate the ball lever.

In testimony whereof, -I have hereunto affixed my signature. l y

HARRY MCMILLAN. 

